Kickstarter has kicked $100 million to Bay Area projects … and counting

Lot of change jingling in the digital tip jar that is Kickstarter, according to new figures out from the crowd-funding company Wednesday. Through March 3, the Brooklyn-based company has helped raise $1 billion in pledges for startups — and $103,235,533 of that sum has been promised to 7,363 Bay Area ideas and projects.

Of course, we remember GoldieBlox, the Oakland engineering toy for girls, that is among the Kickstarter success stories. It won itself a Super Bowl commercial this year. The game stunk, but it was a good day for GoldieBox.

The Kickstarterers said one new Bay Area project to check out is The Litography Project — an “interactive and evolving multimedia map honoring San Francisco’s literary past, present and future.” It needs to raise another $6,000 in 20 days to hit its goal of $19,200. Here’s what it is about: